Stories from our overland travels in Africa – newest first
November 12th – 16th, 2021 To McBride’s Heading down the D181 out of Mumbwa, towards the McBride’s, we stopped for lunch in an old quarry, which make for great impromptu campsites and lunch breaks. From there we drove the rest of the way on a dirt road of variable and somewhat diminishing quality, through nice…
To Kafue National Park November 9th – 12th, 2021 As you may recall, from Fringilla we set out for our next destination, Kafue National Park, via the M20 and Landless Corner, instead of the theoretically faster route via Lusaka and the M9. We needed to back track 18km or so to make the turn, and…
November 6th – 9th, 2021 The 05 Road (and that other thing) There is a problem of geography in Zambia for those on a tour like ours. The capital Lusaka lies sort of in the center of the southern lobe of this kidney shaped country. Two roads branch out from here. Stretching east to Malawi…
October 30th – November 5th, 2021 Adventure heats up in Zambia *This is a long one, but lots of new experiences for us. Also though these route has no doubt been done by many, I have not found many reports on it, so I have gone into a lot of detail. I was a bit…
